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The One Bermuda Alliance last night issued a statement of support for backbencher Leah Scott, who appeared to break with party ranks during Friday’s House of Assembly.
A spokesman said Bermuda’s people wanted their elected officials to work together,...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tucker’s Point Resort is seeking in-principle approval to erect additional guest rooms, along with a new conference centre.
According to an application received by the Department of Planning on May 22, the project would involve the demolition of the ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Employers who break the law in failing to cover their staff’s health insurance will soon be named by the Bermuda Health Council.
Every month, hundreds of people are found to have no health insurance — and the council has only been able to reinstate h...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Stephen Crawford and Jerremiah Smith are the guitar faculty of the Bermuda School of Music, and the opening concert of the 12th Bermuda Guitar Festival let them strut their stuff. And strut it they did, in a well-wrought programme of widely diverse m...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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The Relay for Life, an annual 24-hour cancer charity fundraiser marked around the world, has doubled in size since its Bermuda launch in 2014.
The relay closed at 6.30pm on Saturday with $451,495 raised for cancer prevention and detection.
Founder Ro...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A working group has been assigned to “frame terms of reference that will guide the process for developing recommendations regarding school reorganisation and possible closure”, Minister of Education Wayne Scott told the House of Assembly on Friday.
T...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The cost of the hospital’s new acute care wing is about to be passed on to consumers through higher premiums, as the price of the Standard Hospital Benefit goes up by more than ten per cent this month.
The Standard Health Premium (SPR) is set to rise...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government’s links with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and CIBC World Markets were detailed in a testy exchange between Minister of Finance Bob Richards and Shadow Minister of Finance David Burt.
During Friday’s House of Assembly,...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A Filipino national has denied charges of importing a firearm, ammunition and cannabis.
Romonito Adlawan, 36, pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court this morning to importing the illegal items on May 5, along with possessing the items on the same date. ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The fast ferry Millennium is on reduced service after a breakdown in one of its four main engines last Wednesday, which put it out of commission for three days.
Bad weather late in the week would likely have meant the Millennium would not have been a...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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